Job 23:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I would orderly declare the things which concern and prove the right of my cause; not only debating the controversy between my friends and me, concerning my sincerity or hypocrisy before God, as a witness or judge; but also pleading with God as a party, and modestly inquiring whether he doth not deal more rigorously with me than I might reasonably expect, wherein I desire no other judge but himself. Fill my mouth with arguments, to prove my innocency and sincerity towards God, and consequently that am severely used.